The Okmulgee varsity basketball program dropped a home meeting with the visiting Catoosa cage squads Tuesday evening at historic Brock Memorial Gymnasium. The host Lady Bulldogs remained winless on th...

It’s hard to think of Christmas without the bright red and white stripes of peppermint candies. While peppermint is used to flavor a few things like mints, lozenges, gum or toothpaste, it is front and...

Henryetta Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 539 is searching for families of Roy Williamson and Roy Gene Conterman. Post 539 has a bronze plaque available for each. Williamson’s date of death was Ju...

Okmulgee County Republicans will meet on Tuesday, Dec. 14 at the American Legion located at 730 W. 6th Street in Okmulgee. The business meeting begins at 6 p.m. followed by the general meeting at 6:30...

Deadline for payment of county property taxes has been extended. Vonna Lampkins, Okmulgee County Treasurer and her staff mailed out the 2021 Tax Statements on Dec. 2. According to Lampkins, the regula...

Henryetta Fire Department and Dewar Fire Department responded to a mobile home fire on South 2nd Street in Henryetta between West Meacham and West Corporation on Monday morning. According to Henryetta...

Landon Brewer, above, was the winner of the Henryetta R/C Aviators Christmas drawing for a Carbon Cub S 2 plane on Dec. 4. The remote-control plane was donated by Shoney’s. He is excited about learnin...

Henryetta Church of Christ will host a monthly Food Distribution event on Thursday, Dec. 9 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. This will be a drive-thru food bank at the front (south side) of the building. Those w...

Do you know of a yard that is abundantly decorated for the holiday season? Nominate it for Henryetta Yard of the Month! Henryetta Yard of the Month Committee is seeking nominations for Yard of the Mon...

Henryetta Feed the Vet Food Distribution was held on Dec. 3 at New Life Church. Appreciation is given to America’s Guardians Motorcycle Club 46B, Weleetka High School students, Veterans of Foreign War...

Every odd-numbered year, recognized political parties in Oklahoma are required to notify the Secretary of the State Election Board whether or not the party will allow registered Independents to vote i...

State Representative Logan Phillips will host a Meet and Greet and Online Forum on Thursday, Dec. 9 at 4 p.m. via Zoom or Facebook live. You can join on Zoom by visiting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/821...

Dec. 8 – Dec. 15 Wednesday, Dec. 8 – Autumn Pork Roast with Apple Glaze, Glazed Carrots, Buttered Broccoli, Hot Roll, Seasoned Fruit and Milk Thursday, Dec. 9 – Smothered Chicken Breast, Vegetable Ble...

Guilty pleas were entered for a number of Okmulgee County court cases, according to District Attorney Carol Iski. The following defendants entered the guilty pleas, with several being sentenced alread...

The Henryetta varsity basketball program began the home portion of their 2021-2022 regular season schedule this past Friday, hosting the Kellyville Ponies and Lady Ponies. The Henryetta cage squads we...

The Okmulgee Lady Bulldogs dropped their second-straight game to begin the 2021-2022 campaign this past Friday evening at McAlester. The second-straight loss of the season came to the host McAlester L...

The Wilson varsity basketball program suffered a pair of road losses this past Friday evening at Paden High School. The Lady Tigers attempted to overcome a double-digit halftime deficit, but was unabl...

The Morris varsity basketball program took to the road for the first time in 2021-2022 this past Friday, traveling to Kiefer for a meeting with the host Kiefer Trojans and Lady Trojans. The Morris cag...

The championship drought for the Beggs varsity football team extended to 46 seasons this past Friday night. The Demons’ championship drought continued following their heartbreaking 14-8 loss to the to...

The Dewar Dragon varsity football team’s hopes for a repeat state championship came to an end this past Friday night in Enid. The defending Class B state champion Dragons suffered a 40-28 defeat to th...